A.Word.A.Day

A.Word.A.Day--decerebrate

To eliminate cerebral brain function in (an animal) by removing the
cerebrum, cutting across the brain stem, or severing certain arteries
in the brain stem, as for purposes of experimentation.

adjective

1. Deprived of cerebral function, as by having the cerebrum removed.

2. Resulting from or as if from decerebration.

3. Lacking intelligence or reason.

noun

A decerebrate animal or person.

"At this moment, presumably, Lincoln became decerebrate - that is, brain
dead."
Richard A.R. Fraser, M.D., Assassination of the President. // He Was
Shot at the Theatre. // Doctors Swiftly Attended Him And Probed the
Wound. // This Was a Mistake // The Gunshot Was Not Necessarily Fatal,
But the Probe Irritated .... , Minneapolis Star Tribune, 10 Feb 1995.

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